Careers
2 yrs associates degree program or trade school program. Not allowed to perform evals. Provides services that promote mobility, relief pn, & prevents/limit permanent physical disabilities.
Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA)
What is therapy?
Treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder
Includes using ultrasound and medication together to massage the medication into tissue and skin.
Phonophoresis
Treats patients in orthopedies, pediatries, & geritric patients.
Physical Therapist
Utilizes water to relieve inflammation, pain, & reducing pressure on bones, muscles, & joints.
Hydrotherapy
Need doctorate program after bachelors degree. Performs evaluations & review medical histories of new patients. Develops treatment plans.
Physical Therapist
What is rehabilitation
Act of restoring someone to health or normal life therough training and therapy after illness.
Natural adaptation mechanisms of body to treat specific disorders. Taping, Massages, structural osteopathy.
Physiotherapy
Works with disabilities, mental health settings, geriatrics, and pediatries
Occupational Therapist
Utilized to relieve muscle pain, increase blood flow, and decrease muscle soreness.
Massage Therapy
2 yr degree or cirtificate program from accredited program or trade school. Helps patients with rehabilitative activities outlined in their treatment plans. Don't perform evaluations.
Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA)
Whats an audiologist?
Someone who measures loudness at which a pt can hear sounfs and extent of hearing loss
Belts used to reduce body weight to boost infralesional musculature.
Bipedalism and balance
Works at physicians offices, audiology clinics, and hospitals
Audiologist
Utilized to relieve pain and promote tissue healing using mechanical or thermal.
Ultrasound therapy
Need a degree from accredited program and must pass national certification exam. Prescribes physical exercises. Helps people improve in their working environment.
Occupational Therapist
Engage in therapeutic activities. they plan, direct, and coordinate recreation based medical treatments.
Electrostimulation Therapy
Inflammation or overactive muscles
Schools, hospitals, nursing and rental care facilities
Speech-language pathologists
Involves freezing or near-freezing temperatures to relieve pn, promote muscle healing and weight loss.
Cryotherapy/ Thermotherapy
Uses written and oral tests and instruments to diagnose deficits. Records and analyzes speech, language, and swallowing issues. Teaches patients to make sounds, improve voices, and increase communication skills.
Speech Language Pathologist
Whats a occupational therapist?
Branch of health care that helps people of all ages who have physical, sensory, or cognitive problems
Inflammation, sear tissue, pain, muscle spasms, and calcium deposits.
Iontophoresis
Works in hospitals, nursing homes, parks and recreation departments, community health centers, school districts, substance abuse cneters, and correctional facilities
Recreational Therapist
Uses light energy from laser or destroy tissues, to cauterize wounds, and for cosmetic skin issues.
Laser/ Light Therapy